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    Mass Effect

    Game » consists of 21 releases. Released Nov 20, 2007

    Humanity is still a newcomer on the futuristic galactic stage, and it's up to the charismatic Commander Shepard to investigate the actions of a rogue agent while under threat from a dangerous synthetic race known as the Geth.

    Now the hype has died down...

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    #1  Edited By ClownDetective

    ...Does anyone still feel like this game has the greatest story ever?  

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    #2  Edited By Cwaff

    Maybe not the greatest story ever, but it was a damn good one.

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    #3  Edited By Binman88

    It was very good by game standards. Certainly not the greatest story ever though in my book.

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    #4  Edited By emkeighcameron

    No, because we all know that the greatest story ever was in Tonic Trouble though ME is a close second.

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    #5  Edited By Pazy

    I still love it as much as I always did, the characters well really well realised and they have hooked me into that universe so much.

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    #6  Edited By MysteriousBob

    I couldn't get past the impossibly hard combat to see the story beyond Shepard becoming a member of that.. thing. Bah, I hate tactical squad shooters.

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    #7  Edited By Geno

    The best space fantasy anyhow. 

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    #8  Edited By Illmatic

    It was great but it felt like I was playing two different games. One was the backstory of my characters and the other was the main story arc. Both were good on their own but felt strange put together.

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    #9  Edited By voodooterror

    its the best sci-fi story by far, blends the scientific aspect of star trek and fantasy of star wars in a perfect way so that it feels completely unique

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    #10  Edited By the8bitNacho

    Nope.  I enjoyed the personal interaction between characters, but the overarching narrative was complete shit.

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    #11  Edited By Mrskidders

    Really enjoyed the story personally.

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    #12  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

    The greatest story ever? Maybe. At any rate the story side of the game was excellent.

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    #13  Edited By cohmafia

    I liked the story, but it definitely isn't the best ever.  

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    #14  Edited By AndrewB

    No, but one of the greatest video game stories. Like many others, seeing the Normandy rebuilt gave me shivers, which is something not even many movies can do to me these days.

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    #15  Edited By raidingkvatch
    @Cwaff said:
    " Maybe not the greatest story ever, but it was a damn good one. "
    This. Plus, it's very rarely the story itself that makes any piece of fiction great (every story has been done before in some shape or form), but the story-telling, and the story-telling in both Mass effect games is fucking fantastic.
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    #16  Edited By NTM

    I don't really care about the story. Anyone could have thought it up without hesitation. It's the way you interact with the characters that makes it worthwhile.
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    #17  Edited By owl_of_minerva

    They squandered a lot of the momentum of the first game by making it totally about the characters and very little about the universe in the sequel.  They're well-written games with good stories, but the huge shift in priority in ME2 left me cold.

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    #18  Edited By J0n3s1

    Not the greatest story but the characters..

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    #19  Edited By kingkorn69

    In my humble opion I think this is the greatest game story I have ever seen.  But again that is just me though

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    #20  Edited By bybeach

    No. I'm not overwhelmed by MS-2 though I liked it. It had a decent story, mabe as one said, best space age fantasy ever, but I would need to know about Starcraft 2, and others.I did like Ms-2 in all regards and for me, thats good enough.

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